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Not for our linemen. We had a hell of a monsoon storm this week, with about 20 power poles down, so in addition to working long days in this 115°F heat and sweltering humidity, they get to work the weekend, too! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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And get paid overtime, I assume?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Of course, and plenty of it. They're far too exhausted to spend any of it, but their wives are happy to take care that job for them. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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It was ever thus... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Roger, I promise it wasn't my kid's fault.
(she's been in the Elgin AZ area for the last two months doing field work)
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: field work
Wine making?
That appears to be the sole occupation of the 163 people who live there, other than importing illegal immigrants.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Not quite. She's been working at a biological research station, "capturing, torturing, and releasing lizards", as she puts it .
Software Zen: delete this;
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And the best to you, too! 
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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On a whim I googled "Magneto Marc Clifton" and the third link was what I was looking for.
https://archive.org/details/Magneto_1020[^]
Sadly this does not run on W7! It was written (I think, it's been a while) in Borland C++ using Wing32. Would be fun to resurrect it though!
Marc
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It's running on my Win7 machine, although I don't know if it is working properly.
There is a slowly moving thing that flashes red or green if I click the right or left mouse button anywhere, and that is about it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: It's running on my Win7 machine, although I don't know if it is working properly.
Huh. I'll have to fuss with it then.
chriselst wrote: There is a slowly moving thing that flashes red or green if I click the right or left mouse button anywhere, and that is about it.
The left and right buttons control the "polarity". Hold the desired button down, and you will be slowly attracted or repelled based on the other "poles" around you.
If you hold both buttons down, you will be "recharged" based on your velocity and proximity to a poll, but this also creates drag (a useful technique for slowing down.)
The idea is to maneuver your "pole" into the vortexy thing, which will advance you to the next level.
In STNG, there was this game that everyone got addicted to except Data, I think. A very similar concept (but mine was first, haha!)
Marc
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I completed the first level.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I completed the first level.
Awesome! Eventually you get to a level where the other poles are also moving, and in the last few levels, the target is moving too. Gets more challenging that way.
Marc
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Thanks for the game Thomas!
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Marc Clifton wrote: The idea is to maneuver your "pole" into the vortexy thing, which will advance you to the next level.
That is so odd. I was thinking of doing exactly that this weekend.
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GenJerDan wrote:
That is so odd. I was thinking of doing exactly that this weekend.
Good one.
Visited your YouTube and website.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: Visited your YouTube and website.
You are now a member of a very small group. 
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Are you on a 64-Bit OS? It won't work with that. Try a 32-Bit version of Windows in a Virtual Machine.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Why would you intentionally install a virus? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I thought that too.
Then I thought sod it, it's not my computer.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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RyanDev wrote: Why would you intentionally install a virus?
They didn't have viruses in those days, unless you counted Norton. 
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: They didn't have viruses in those days, unless you counted Norton
Are you serious?
The original Norton Utilities were manna from Heaven! I couldn't count as high as the number of seconds' work they saved me (except in binary).
It wasn't until he gave up control of the company that it all turned to sh1t.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Are you serious?
No, I was kidding. Indeed, Norton Utilities were quite excellent.
Marc
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NDD saved many of my floppy disks 
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chriselst wrote: There is a slowly moving thing that flashes red or green if I click the right or left mouse button anywhere, and that is about it.
Hey come on! That was high tech for a windows game in '93!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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